Took You So Long

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Took You So Long presents emotionally resonant stories about challenging relationships and deeply flawed characters mired in the circumstances of their everyday lives.

Often out of sight and certainly out of mind, the characters in Took You So Long inhabit the landscape of the Saugeen watershed south of Owen Sound, in the lee of Lake Huron

A morel-seeking gastronome falls into a gopher hole and reflects on the multiple facets of restraint. A donation-bin picker is on the hunt for her next great find—and husband number four—despite cohabitating with three of her exes. A lonely widower discovers that his robotic full-service companion makes him lonelier than ever. A son’s hunting trip with his father forces him to confront the terrible certainty of physical decline.

Compassionate, honest and propelled by forceful emotion, Matthews’s stories ask us to question who we are, where we belong, and how we move on in the face of adversity.

Contributors

C. I. Matthews

C. I. Matthews has variously worked as a chambermaid, potato peeler, data entry operator, teacher, and vice-principal of special education programs. Her writing has appeared in regular columns for the Walkerton Herald-Times and SPOTLIGHT West Grey, as well as in anthologies and literary magazines in Canada, the USA, the UK, Australia and South Africa. She lives and works on a large rural property near Chesley in Bruce County, Ontario.
Chapter Contributors Pages Year Price
The short story "The Hole."
9 $0.90
The short story "Lovina."
11 $1.10
The short story "Goose."
8 $0.80
The short story "Missing Mike."
12 $1.20
The short story "House Rules."
6 $0.60
The short story "Unfolding Recipes."
7 $0.70
The short story "Factitious."
8 $0.80
The short story "Entanglements."
11 $1.10
The short story "The Domestic Life of a Picker."
8 $0.80
The short story "Donor #0378q."
7 $0.70
The short story "WetNurse."
11 $1.10
The short story "Something for Rain."
10 $1.00
The short story "Break Time."
6 $0.60
The short story "Canal Street Cathouse."
7 $0.70
The short story "The Companion."
10 $1.00
The short story "The Collectors."
7 $0.70
The short story "In Honour of Miriam."
10 $1.00
The short story "Threadbare Smile."
8 $0.80
The short story "Took You So Long."
8 $0.80